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They made more sense before high efficiency motors miniaturized & high capacity lithium ion batteries existed. Old vacuums were heavy. Now, they're more usefu
by ethbr0 4y ago
They made more sense before high efficiency motors miniaturized & high capacity lithium ion batteries existed.
Old vacuums were heavy.
Now, they're more useful to repurpose into shop vacs.
- a9h74j 4y agoI also once heard a vacuum cleaner salesman say (and yes, that used to be a thing) -- we know we can make vacuum cleaners less noisy (drop the universal motor IIRC), but people buy vacuum cleaners assuming the noise == power.